Alexander Darichev

Alexander Darichev was a Lithuanian member of the Russian Mafia.

Biography
Alexander Darichev was born in the Lithuanian SSR of the Soviet Union to a family of Russians, and he later emigrated to the United States to pursue a criminal career. Darichev and Aleksandr Pogrebezskij, two Russian Mafia members, were in possession of a large arsenal of weapons by March 1995, when they met with two undercover customs agents in Miami, Florida to sell them weapons - the two agents claimed to be affiliated with Colombian drug cartels. Darichev and Pogrebezskij presented the agents with a catalogue of Armimex weapons, discounted Cold War arms such as assault rifles, anti-aircraft guns, and missile launchers. For two years, the Lithuanians negotiated with the federal agents, nearly coming onto them. In July 1997, the undercover customs agents arrested Darichev and Pogrebezskij, charging them with smuggling, money laundering, and conspiracy; they spent four years in a federal penitentiary.